Daily Yellowstone journal., 1887-04-30
De MORES DONE UP.
A New York Account OF the
Trials and Tribulations Put
Upon the Protector
OF the Little Red Barns-The
Scheme Nearly a Busted"
One.
Grand Army Orders-Maginnis
and Platt Carpenter Will
Orate at Helena.
A FAILURE,

The Marquis de Mores' scheme for supply
ing New York with Meat.
The big advertisements of the Ma.
tional Meat Consumers Association
have recently disappeared from the
public gaze, says the New York Tri.
bune, and the few people who were
persuaded by the attractive colored
posters of the insidious circulars TO
invest 81 on account Of $40 share in
the company. have all got their money
back. The seven big red barns scat.
tered around the city are still doing
business, but the sudden Cessation OF
the glowing advertisements and the
return Of the money subscribed have
mace people curious rs to what the
company is doing. With the idea of
assuaging the public curiosity To some
extent Tribune reporter made sew
eral calls al the Office Of Marquise de
MOres, No. 400 Wall street. He failed
to obtain al interview with the Mar
quise, and none Of the officials or
clerks would give any Information
whatever.
From other sources il was gathered
that the money subscribed was paid
into u trust company, but not reach
ing nearly the $40, 900, 900 the Marquis
believes TO be necessary TO float his
scheme properly, IL was returned TO
the subscribers. He then endeavored
10 interest large capitalists in the
scheme, but 30 far, II Is said, without
meeting with much encouragement,
and now he Is understood 10 be con-
sidering cooperative plan based upon
the principle Of the cooperative stores
which have proved so successful in
England. A Wall street gentleman
who has looked carefully into the mat
ter said:
"The Marquis Is an enthusiast,
with all the word implies in business
sense. But his idea IL good one. IL
II not, however, the mere bringing of
tn. meat supply directly from ranch
to table at much cheaper rate than
the present meat supply. That is
easy enough, If YOU have money
enough. IL ID the distribution. and
that is the weak point tn 1is scheme;
the distribution IL a matter of extreme
detail, and 10 meet this you need an
organization such a. could scarcely be
arrived at In the retail meat trade. /
think the difficulty could only be got
over by the cooperative plan, making
each salesman responsible for the
goods be handles. To-day the Mar.
quis Is selling about thirty head day
only, and he has seven stores which
take ten men each to run. Buying in
large quantities, they can get the meat
for about 9 cents IA pound; the distri-
button costs 81 cents n pound, and the
meat cannot retail at an average OF
over cents pound. His stores cost
s55, ,7O0a year. They might save a
cent pound by owning slaughter
house at Kansas City, but this would
not pay at all unless the consumption
reached 100 head day. Of course he
has met with much opposition, too.
The railroad people ana the Chicago
meat dealers. the wholesale and retail
butchers here, and even the ice deal.
ers, have all given what assistance
they could to the failure of the Mar.
quis' project"
Edward Day, president Of the
Butchers Protective Association, says
that at the present time the associa-
ton was taking no steps against the
Marquis de Mores red butcher shops.
Last year they did go so far as not TO
trade with those who traded with him,
but they thought no such steps were
necessary now. His course was run.
Another butcher said that the mar
quis bought all his calves and sheep
in New York. He had strangers to
buy for him but they were generally
"spottedn and treated accordingly
He got his ice from q man named
Beam, who WAS simply a figurehead
for the Knickerbocker Ice Company
which had refused 10 supply him.
Mr.. McClay, of the Knickerbockel
Ice Company, contradicted the lattel
statement. He had supplied the mar
quis, he said, until he made contract
with Beam, and Beam, he believed
got his own ice. He certainly did moi
purchase IL from the Knickerbockei
company. The Marquis was not 4
large customer, anyway-only about
three OF four tons day.